Aso Kujū National Park

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Aso-Kujū National Park (阿蘇くじゅう国立公園) is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan. The park derives its name from Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan, and the Kujū mountains. Mount Aso is also one of the largest caldera volcanos in the world.

History

Around 270,000 years ago, a burst of volcanic activity helped shape the area. Aso Shrine at Mount Aso in Kyushu is a Shinto shrine traditionally held to have been a center of worship before the accession of Emperor Jinmu. The shikinaisha shrine complex at Ichinomiya in what is today Kumamoto Prefecture was said to have been established in 281 BC. The original location of the shrine is uncertain because it was destroyed and rebuilt many times in or near the crater of Aso-san.

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